Following Northcom's denial that U.S.
Army combat teams would be used to deal with "civil unrest"
after the announcement that thousands of active duty military personnel
were being moved inside the United States, an Army.com report now concedes
that more than 400 Marines assigned to one unit includes a "security
force" that would operate within the homeland.

A September
8 Army Times report stated that active duty troops from the 3rd
Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team returning from Iraq
would be on call as a "federal response force for natural or manmade
emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks," for a
period of 12 months from October 1st.

This preceded a December
1 Washington Post article which reported on plans to station 20,000
more U.S. troops inside America for purposes of “domestic security”
from September 2011.

According to the Army Times article,
their duties would include dealing with “civil unrest and crowd
control”. This admission was later denied by Northcom's operations
division chief Army Col. Michael Boatner, who told
Homeland Security Today, "This response force will not be called
upon to help with law enforcement, civil disturbance or crowd control,
but will be used to support lead agencies involved in saving lives,
relieving suffering and meeting the needs of communities affected by
weapons of mass destruction attacks, accidents or even natural disasters."

Marines assigned to the Chemical, Biological
Incident Response Force (CBIRF) operating out of the Naval Support Facility
in Indian Head, Maryland are "tasked by the Defense Department
with responding to disasters that require federal assistance,"
according to the article, a job that mandates "the squad’s
weapons were replaced with metal pry bars, Kevlar helmets with construction
hard-hats, and combat uniforms with coveralls."

"The commandant of the Marine
Corps set in place the guidelines for designing a highly trained and
specialized unit designed to respond to such a threat in the event
that state and local authorities need Defense Department assistance,"
we read.

"The 2nd Marine
Expeditionary Force led the operational efforts of the unit until
October 2008 when, in a historic move, the U.S. Northern Command pulled
into its ranks nearly 5,000 active-duty forces designated to respond
to homeland emergencies."

"Now, the CBIRF is associated administratively
with the 2nd MEF, but can tap into the extensive medical, aviation,
transportation and logistical support of the other units within Northcom’s
response force."

Although Marine Col. John M. Pollock states, “Security
for our forces operating within the homeland is a law-enforcement issue,
and I would much rather leverage local and state law enforcement to
provide that security,” the article does reveal that a "security
force" tasked with protecting Marines during their duties is a
component of the unit.

"The unit has specialists in bomb disposal,
technical rescue decontamination, chemical identification and detection,
medical and casualty extraction. It also has a security
force," states the article.

Pollock also stated that the unit was in position
at the Republican National Convention in Minnesota, an open violation
of Posse Comitatus, the law that restricts the military from undertaking
law enforcement operations except in times of declared national emergency.

Just who do the Marines need protecting from if all
they will be doing is aiding rescue efforts and saving people's lives?
The only conceivable scenario in which Marines would need other Marines
to protect them in a law enforcement guise would be if the tasks they
were undertaking were highly unpopular and risked reprisals from the
general public.

The fact that the original Army Times report of September
8 let slip that Marines would have access to non-lethal weapons to be
used domestically, a revelation that was later retracted after it stoked
media controversy, perhaps offers a not too subtle hint about what the
real mission of the Marines will be in anticipation of a total economic
collapse or the dreaded mass casualty terror attack that is constantly
being hyped by the establishment and the corporate media.